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J Am Med Inform Assoc2023;30(5):1000-1005.April 19, 2023Journal Article

Enhancing the nation's public health information infrastructure: a report from the ACMI symposium.

Brian E Dixon1,2, Catherine Staes3, Jessica Acharya4, Katie S Allen1,2, Joel Hartsell5, Theresa Cullen6, Leslie Lenert7,8, Donald W Rucker9,10, Harold Lehmann11
1Fairbanks School of Public Health, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
2Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
3College of Nursing, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
4Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
5School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
6Pima County Public Health Department, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
7Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
8Health Sciences South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
91upHealth, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
10Department of Emergency Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
11Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic exposed multiple weaknesses in the nation's public health system. Therefore, the American College of Medical Informatics selected "Rebuilding the Nation's Public Health Informatics Infrastructure" as the theme for its annual symposium. Experts in biomedical informatics and public health discussed strategies to strengthen the US public health information infrastructure through…

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